Knockdown package.



G. S. BOWMAN.

KNOGKDOWN PACKAGE.

APPLIGATION FILED 2213.19. 1913.

1,078,245. I Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

l l I I I I I s l I 1 I I I I GEORGE s. :eowiviAN, or LEBANON,PENNSYLVANIA.

KOCKD OWNA PACKAGE.

Speefificaig; ofL'terSPatent ,Y PatentedNov.11,1913.

Application filed February 19, 1913. Serial No. 749,298. f`

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. BowMAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKnockj down Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in knockdown metallic packages, andthe object of my invention is to furnish a package of this descriptionwhich will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, andwhich will not be liable to serious injury in service.

Essentially my package consists of three parts, a body and two heads,the heads, however, may, if desired, be each constructed of two parts ashereinafter described.`

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and inwhich similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views: Figure 1, is a central longitudinal sectional View of mypackage the upper head being made in one piece and the lower head in twopieces; Fig. 2, a plan, partly broken away, of the blank from which thebody is constructed, the sides of said blank being bent outwardly; Fig.3, a section through a one piece head; Fig. 4, a section of Fig.y 1 online A A; Fig. 5, a plan and Fig. 6, a transverse section through a twopiece head; Fig. 7, a bottom plan of a two piece head.

1 is the body of my package which is formed from a fiat sheet of metalthe opposite edges 2 3 of which are bent over outwardly to form a spaceor channel 4. At one end of the sheet its bent over portions are cutaway, as at 5, so that when the sheet is bent cylindrically to form thebody the channel 4 will be continuous. The heads 7 of the package may beformed from a single piece of metal, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 or theymay be formed from two pieces of metal as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Ifthey be formed from a single piece of metal its periphery is bent down,as at 8, then up forming a tongue 9. The tongue 9 is interrupted orsplit transversely at at least one point 10 and one of the ends thusformed is, preferably, bent slightly inward as shown at 11 to facilitateits entrance in the chan- A A`nel`4lf` If the head be made of two'pieces the outer piece 12 would be similar in appearance to the onepiece head already described wit-h its center cut out so as to leave arim 13 between which and the ends of the body the circular sheet ofmetal 14 would liewhen the heads are in place. This circular sheet ofmetal may, of course, be corrugated or struck up radiallyor otherwiseasis usual to strengthensuch a structure.

The body having had its sides.` formed and having `been bentinto acylindrical form as shown the Yheads are placed over its ends and turnedwhen the bent in part of the tongue 9 will enter the channel formedbetween body 1 proper and its bent over sides. A complete turning of thehead will result in the tongue 9 completely entering the channel 4. Theheads are thus securely fastened to the body and insure the cylindrical.form of the latter being maintained.

j My construction precludes any liability of the heads being driven downinside the body and as the ends of the package are reinforced by thepeculiar bending of the body to form the channels 4 and of the heads toform the tongues 9, giving at these points four thicknesses of metal,this, usually the weakest point of such structures, is in myconstruction the strongest, the importance of this will be apparent whenit is remembered that in handling the edges of the ends are subjected tothe hardest usage.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire lto secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a package, in combination, a metallic body constructed from a flatsheet lof metal the ends of which are bent over outwardly to formchannels and which is adapted to be bent to a cylindrical form, andheads constructed of sheet metal the peripheries of which are bent firstdownwardly and then interiorly upward to form a tongue which is cut andadapted, upon the turning of said head, to enter and occupy the channelformed by the bent over end of said body while the outer downwardly bentpart of said heads surrounds the outwardly bent over ends ofsaid body.

2. The combination in a package, of a body the ends of vwhich arefurnished with an outwardly downwardly bent projecting QV l Y 1,078,245

interrupted rim and a head furnished with downwardly projectinginterrupted rim on a dtlvnwarcflly extending riinh bent up linsaid body.f

war y Vto orrn a tongue w ich is interrupted and adapted lupontbeturning of the GEORGE S' BOXVMAN head to interlock with the rim on saidbody, Witnesses:

thev downwardly bent part .of said rim on MARY H. BOWMAN,

said head surrounding the outer side of the HARRY A. WEIMAN.

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